DNYUZ
  • Home
  • News
    • U.S.
    • World
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Television
    • Theater
    • Gaming
    • Sports
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Autos
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
    • Travel
No Result
View All Result
DNYUZ
No Result
View All Result
Home News

Inside the Artist-Run ‘Secret Mall Apartment’

May 19, 2025
in News
Inside the Artist-Run ‘Secret Mall Apartment’
494
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Summary

  • A new documentary, titled Secret Mall Apartment, chronicles the story of a Rhode Island art collective that made Providence Place mall their home.
  • Directed by Jeremy Workman and produced by Jesse Eisenberg, the film recently debuted at SXSW and has started rollout in theaters across the U.S.

Back in 2003, a group of Rhode Island artists transformed a forgotten corner of Providence Place mall into a secret 750-square-foot headquarters – now their story is hitting the big screen.

The group is the focus of a new documentary, Secret Mall Apartment, which made its debut at SXSW last spring. Directed by Jeremy Workman and produced by Jesse Eisenberg, the film centers around artist Michael Townsend, the “ringleader” of the covert operation, and the seven other members of the informal art collective, oscillating between archival footage and present-day interviews recounting what went down during their stay.

The project, formally known as Malllife, blurred the lines between installation, performance art and life, questioning the nature of public and private space and creating a home in the most unexpected places.

For years, the artists quietly inhabited the space in shifts, living out, as Workman noted, the childhood fantasy of living inside a mall. That dream came to an end when Townsend was discovered by a group of security guards in 2007, but their legacy lives on, captured in hours of grainy footage filmed on early 2000s Pentax cameras.

“No one was ever supposed to see that footage,” Townsend told The Washington Post. And yet, it’s exactly this raw, unfiltered glimpse into underground life that gives the film its cinematic flavor.

Secret Mall Apartment has started rollout in select theaters across the U.S. Head to the film’s website for more information on how to purchase tickets.

The post Inside the Artist-Run ‘Secret Mall Apartment’ appeared first on Hypebeast.

Tags: DocumentariesJeremy WorkmanJesse EisenbergMichael Townsend
Share198Tweet124Share
Trump Advisers Reveal Which Cabinet Secretaries Are in the Hot Seat
News

Trump Advisers Reveal Which Cabinet Secretaries Are in the Hot Seat

by The Daily Beast
October 8, 2025

President Donald Trump’s advisers say Attorney General Pam Bondi and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick are the least liked cabinet members ...

Read more
Crime

She helped North Korea infiltrate American tech companies

October 8, 2025
News

Mutilated birds found drained of blood in NY as dark rituals suspected

October 8, 2025
News

New California law aims to improve school nutrition by phasing out some ultraprocessed foods

October 8, 2025
News

Mamdani Rides Slow Bus to ‘Fast and Free’ Buses Event

October 8, 2025
Genocide label crucial in addressing atrocities in Gaza: Legal scholars

Genocide label crucial in addressing atrocities in Gaza: Legal scholars

October 8, 2025
NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo wants to save Rikers Island, New York’s notorious jail complex

NYC mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo wants to save Rikers Island, New York’s notorious jail complex

October 8, 2025
Goodbye, pepperoni pizza? New state law to ban some ultraprocessed foods from school meals

Goodbye, pepperoni pizza? New state law to ban some ultraprocessed foods from school meals

October 8, 2025

Copyright © 2025.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • U.S.
    • World
    • Politics
    • Opinion
    • Business
    • Crime
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Culture
    • Gaming
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Sports
    • Television
    • Theater
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Autos
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Arts
    • Fashion
    • Food
    • Health
    • Travel

Copyright © 2025.